Blogging In Regional Languages

Recently I attended BarCamp Mumbai and BlogCamp. One of the interesting sessions in the blog-camp was about blogging in regional languages. This came to my mind because, one of my friend started her own blog today! That too in Malayalam. I wish she will keep the momentum up. Coming back to the core, one of the problems faced by many bloggers is that they are not having enough set of tools to blog in regional languages. It was the story, sometime back. Now I can see Google providing vast support for Regional Languages.

Also, I know that there are so many good Malayalam (my mother tongue) blogs appearing on the Internet. But sometimes, I have seen that most of them die out. I have examined the reasons for such a phenomenon in some of my earlier posts. Visitors would not be a problem for most of the blogs as majority of them are hosted in Blogger.com. I have seen good amount of readers for a fresh Malayalam blog with good content.

I would like everyone to use Unicode fonts in the blog, rather than adopting some ASCII based fonts. Further, with Internet becoming more and more popular blogging and the value it provides should be known to the masses. One of the easiest methods for this is to spread the word among children. They will create awareness among parents.

This should be thought in a serious manner. The power and usefulness of blogging and socializing is amazing. No one can succeed in the cyber-age without having proper communication and socializing skills. I wish if someone could seriously think about developing the soft skills for the coming up generation. Whenever we talk about a new technology, we view it suspiciously. I have seen many people speaking about these kind of things. But I have not seen even a single one doing this kind of things. Blogging opens a new world opportunities. Blogging in regional languages could keep the language alive. I have seen that many local governments in India enforcing regional languages through law. But I do not think that it is a good idea. Unless ordinary man realizes the value of the regional language, he will ignore it.

I am not saying that no one should use English. It is a very useful and beautiful language. It has opened many avenues for millions worldwide.Along with proper English training, other regional languages should also be taught. That will change the way people think and open new avenues for everyone.